Pune Woman Was Waiting To Go Home Post Work When She Was Raped Inside Bus At Swargate Stand

Pune: A rape case of 26-year-old woman has surfaced in Maharashtra ’s Pune city, raising serious concerns over women’s safety. The incident took place inside a parked bus at Swargate ST stand in the early hours on Tuesday. What is more shocking here is that the crime scene was just a few meters away from the Swargate Police station, which shows that the criminal had no fear of being caught.

According to police, the woman, who works as a counsellor at a hospital, was raped when she was going home post work. The incident took place when the victim, a resident of Aundh-Baner area, was waiting for a bus to go home in Phaltan, Satara after completing her duty, at the Swargate ST stand.

The accused, who noticed the woman, told her that the bus she was waiting for had arrived at another platform and misled her to that location.

Sensing something suspicious, the woman when reached at another platform asked him about other passengers, since the area seemed deserted. The accused lied her saying they were inside.

The woman trusted the accused and went inside a parked Shiv Shahi AC bus. As soon as she went inside, the accused locked and raped her.

What police said on Swargate ST stand rape case? 

DCP Smarthana Patil said that a case has been registered, the accused has been identified and efforts are on to nab him.

“A working woman was waiting for the bus to go back to her home...A man came and said that the bus to your place has been parked somewhere else and took the woman near the parked bus...Then, the man raped the woman...A complaint has been registered...We have identified the accused, and we are making all the efforts to nab him. The accused is identified as Dattatray Ramdas Gade. The victim is stable right now…,” Smarten Patil said.

CCTV helped identify accused

After registering the incident, the police acted swiftly and identified the accused as Dattatray Ramdas Gade with the help of CCTV footage. The victim was initially hesitant to register the complaint but finally got her case registered at the Swargate Police Station. The woman has been sent for a medical examination at Sassoon General Hospital.

Rape took place in front of security cabin 

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Vasant More slammed the government over the Pune shocker as he informed that the crime happened in the front of a security cabin. "The incident that took place here, it happened in front of security cabin. If a woman is raped in front of security cabin, nobody has the right to sit there."

Accused is a history-sheeter 

According to police, the accused identified as Dattatraya Ramdas Gade (36) had several cases of chain snatching, theft registered against him at the Swargate police station, officials informed.

The incident raises serious security concerns over safety and security of women in the city as the Swargate ST bus stand is one of the most busiest and largest bus junctions of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC).